Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted March 31, 2014 A picture is worth a thousand words. This is the reunited radio cast of THHGTTG for a live recording on Radio 4 on Saturday. Note Stephen Moore (back left). The others looks OK for now and long may they stay so. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 31, 2014 Marvin's looking OK (centre) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted April 2, 2014 Marvin's looking OK (centre) Apart from the terrible pain in all his diodes down his left side 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Ex controller Ian McIntyre at 82 http://m.bbc.co.uk/n...t-arts-27096000 Edited April 20, 2014 by Paul Bearer Link fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted October 1, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29443732 First woman to read the news on R4, Sheila Tracy dies.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 21, 2014 I caught a bit of The Invisible Age, a documentary about society's perception of the elderly, on R4 today. Two nonogenarian English philosophers, Mary Midgley (95) and Mary (Baroness) Warnock (90) were wheeled out to give their views. It's hard to assess their health based on a radio interview, but both sounded very mentally alert and their appearance also reminds us that they are still alive. Mary Midgely commented on how she couldn't help thinking that everyone was wondering when she would die. It's shame there wasn't a post-show radio phone in where a R4 listener of a deadpooling persuasion may have been given her the opportunity to question her further on this point. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted July 7, 2015 Jim Naughtie is to leave the Today programme but not for health reasons. I hope this doesn't mean more of Justin Webb because I don't think he cuts it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted August 9, 2015 A picture is worth a thousand words. This is the reunited radio cast of THHGTTG for a live recording on Radio 4 on Saturday. Note Stephen Moore (back left). The others looks OK for now and long may they stay so. Cross referencing: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7202&p=233768 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 3, 2015 The broadcaster and former BBC Radio 4 newsreader, Peter Donaldson, has died. He was 70 and had been suffering from cancer. SC http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34707749 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 3, 2015 Peter Donaldson at 70. http://bbc.in/1RMBlYP Edit. Damn you SC!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 3, 2015 Peter Donaldson at 79. http://bbc.in/1RMBlYP Woo hoo beat you by mere seconds! (It's the little victories in life.... All I have to live for) SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 3, 2015 No I got age wrong too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 3, 2015 On this week's The Reunion programme, five of the people present at the assasination of John F Kennedy were interviewed. One of them, the venerable James Leavelle, was the detective handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. Leavelle is 93 now and I thought he sounded a little breathless. Yeah, I heard that: I thought he sounded obit-worthy too. Still alive and ninety five..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted November 17, 2015 Nick Robinson presented the Today programme yesterday. He sounds really rough. Obviously he has had treatment for throat cancer and this will have left its mark but then to put himself in a high profile (and stessful) position. I do wonder..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted February 12, 2016 Archive Hour on Radio 4 tomorrow night is all about obituaries We probably won't get a mention though, unless they interview Eddie Mair 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted July 27, 2016 They have just done a survey about best loved radio voices and Eddie Mair comes out on top but the photo on the BBC website looks shocking. Is there something he is not telling us? No link as on phone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,450 Posted July 27, 2016 They have just done a survey about best loved radio voices and Eddie Mair comes out on top but the photo on the BBC website looks shocking. Is there something he is not telling us? No link as on phone. Perhaps, but mostly, he's an alcoholic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted July 27, 2016 They have just done a survey about best loved radio voices and Eddie Mair comes out on top but the photo on the BBC website looks shocking. Is there something he is not telling us? No link as on phone. Perhaps, but mostly, he's an alcoholic. Won't hear a word against the man since he's - almost - one of us Stick around Eddie! Incidentally, he had a problem with drink - alcoholism in the full-blown sense isn't really the issue, apparently: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908922/BBC-Radio-4-host-Eddie-Mair-reveals-s-sober-summer.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted July 28, 2016 They have just done a survey about best loved radio voices and Eddie Mair comes out on top but the photo on the BBC website looks shocking. Is there something he is not telling us? No link as on phone. Won't hear a word against the man since he's - almost - one of us Stick around Eddie! Incidentally, he had a problem with drink - alcoholism in the full-blown sense isn't really the issue, apparently: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908922/BBC-Radio-4-host-Eddie-Mair-reveals-s-sober-summer.html That article uses an old photo. The contrast between that and the BBC one is shocking. Either he has been on a Nigel Lawson diet or is ill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted July 29, 2016 They have just done a survey about best loved radio voices and Eddie Mair comes out on top but the photo on the BBC website looks shocking. Is there something he is not telling us? No link as on phone. Won't hear a word against the man since he's - almost - one of us Stick around Eddie! Incidentally, he had a problem with drink - alcoholism in the full-blown sense isn't really the issue, apparently: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908922/BBC-Radio-4-host-Eddie-Mair-reveals-s-sober-summer.html That article uses an old photo. The contrast between that and the BBC one is shocking. Either he has been on a Nigel Lawson diet or is ill. Aye, clutching at straws, mind. Some people - notably Andy Fordham - look in when they kick the sauce cos the sudden weight loss means their skin (previously big to accomodate all the fat cells linked to boozing) is suddenly sucked in and develops lines, or hangs off in big sheets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,450 Posted July 29, 2016 Theres a recent photo of Mr Mair in the latest Radio Times where he looks much healthier. Short of further evidence, I'm guessing the BBC news website just put up one where he looked rough. It happens to us all, by which I mean the dodgy photos and not promotion by the Beeb. He writes about celebrity Death fairly regularly in the Radio Times too. Ok, maybe one or twice in the last year, but enough for it to stick out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted July 29, 2016 OK point taken but he really should have a moan about the BBC website. I probably shouldn't say too much as when I went to China the lady at passport control insisted on seeing another photo ID because she thought I didn't look like 2009 me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted July 29, 2016 Theres a recent photo of Mr Mair in the latest Radio Times where he looks much healthier. Short of further evidence, I'm guessing the BBC news website just put up one where he looked rough. It happens to us all, by which I mean the dodgy photos and not promotion by the Beeb. He writes about celebrity Death fairly regularly in the Radio Times too. Ok, maybe one or twice in the last year, but enough for it to stick out. Aye, the man is one of us at heart. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted August 14, 2016 There were some croaky, ancient voices audible on last night's R4 documentary about Richard Dimbleby. Jeremy Isaacs in particular seems suddenly very old, Michael Peacock (former BBC2 controller) sounded like he had a death rattle and several other obit worthy old codgers chipped in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07nn2t4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
